Recognizing and supporting roles in CSCW
Published 1 December 2000Open access
Mark Guzdial, Jochen Rick, Bolot Kerimbaev
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The CoWeb is an openended tool that does not enforce or explicitly support specific roles or usage, yet several well-defined uses and roles have emerged over time and in the design methodology, these roles are recognized and refined to better support them.
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In this paper, we describe our experience with the long-term, widespread use of CoWeb, an asynchronous collaborative tool that is mostly used to complement existing face-to-face groups (such as classes). The CoWeb is an openended tool that does not enforce or explicitly support specific roles or usage, yet several well-defined uses and roles have emerged over time. In our design methodology, we recognize these roles and refine our collaboration environment to better support them.
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